Hey there everyone! Told you this one would be up sooner! This is where you could say the action really starts on this world, enjoy! Once again, I don't own Kingdom Hearts or One Piece.
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"Fosfosfosfos! So you've come to my mansion! Just what brings you here?" Asked Hogback, as they all gathered around a large dining table.
"We were attacked by zombies and were able to escape to this place." Answered Nami.
"Zombies?" Said Hogback
"Yeah. If you live on this island, shouldn't you know something about them, and the heartless too." Said Leon.
"Oh, so you've come here for refuge." Said Hogback. "That's fine. And to answer your question, I know nothing about them, which is why I live here."
"So you're here to study the zombies?" Asked Chopper.
"Right. Most people think of zombies and get scared, but if you reword it, they're "Revived Dead". Isn't that the eternal dream of man? So I came here to study them, but because reviving the dead is considered heresy, I made it secret."
"So that's how it is!" Said Chopper. "If your research is successful, there would be a lot of happy people! I'll help you!"
"Why thank you, Doctor Chopper!" Said Hogback.
"Idiot! I'm not happy you called me that!" Said Chopper, though it was extremely obvious he was. "Can I have your autograph?" He added, holding out a piece of paper.
"Why sure!" Said Hogback, signing it.
"And after that, can I see your lab?" Asked Chopper.
Suddenly he found himself staring face to face with Hogback, whose face had just droven right up to his. "Never," He said menacingly. "Look into my lab!"
"O-okay." Said Chopper.
"By the way, do you know about a skeleton guy named Brook?" Asked Usopp. "He's tall, has an afro, dresses in black...do you know him?"
Hogback paused for a second before answering. "No, I've never heard of someone like that." "A skeleton....it couldn't be...."
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"I really wanna take a peek into Hogback's lab." Said Chopper wishfully. He, Usopp, and Leon were standing outside the bathroom, where Nami was taking a shower.
"Hey Nami, how come we have to guard the bathroom while your using it?" Whined Usopp. "If you're afraid, just don't use it."
"You're pretty calm for being touched by zombies." Called out Nami. "Anyway, when it's morning tomorrow, we're leaving."
"WHAT?" Called out Usopp as if she were crazy. "But this is the only place that has shelter! Why would we go out?! We should just wait here for Luffy to come get us!"
"Haven't you looked at this place?" Said Nami. "If my sixth sense is right, this place is full of zombies! And the most suspicious is Hogback himself. If he weren't connected to the zombies, there's no way he'd live on this island!"
"I'd have to agree on the girl on this one." Said Leon. "This whole thing doesn't seem right. Plus he totally avoided talking about the heartless."
"Anyway, tomorrow we're leaving." Said Nami. Suddenly, she heard something that sounded like a low, growling noise.
"Growl...You're a pretty smart woman..." Snarled a voice.
"...What?" Called out Nami nervously. "Leon, did you say something?"
"Huh? Nope, nothing." Said Leon.
Suddenly Nami felt something grabbing her arms. "Huh? My arms..." She started, but first was hoisted in the air and slammed against the wall. "What?!" What is this?! But there's no one here..."
"Hmmm....you're pretty good looking...." Called out the same, snarling voice from before. "I'll make you...my bride!"
"This voice...it's a persons! Someone's here!" Thought Nami. "USOPP! CHO-" She started to yell, before she felt something that felt like a hand go over her mouth, though there looked to be nothing there.
"Nami! Is something wrong!" Called out Usopp as he, Chopper, and Leon burst in, as he heard the scream anyway. He then saw Nami. "THANK YOU!" He said as he bowed out of respect.
"Idiot! Help me here!" Thought Nami. She then delivered a swift kick to the invisile person in front of her, causing him to back off. "Usopp! Chopper! Leon! Be careful! There's an invisible man in here!"
"Invisible Person?" Said Leon.
"Look! He's getting out the window!" Said Nami, pointing to a nearby window that was being opened, almost magically.
"Take this!" Said Usopp, who took out his slingshot and fired it at the window, causing a small explosion. When it all cleared, there was a big hole in the wall, and the invisible man appeared to be gone.
"W-what just happened here?" Said Leon.
"This whole time," Said Nami. "There was an invisible man here! And he heard everything we said!"
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"Hey! Absalom! Just what was that all about!?" Called out Hogback angrily. He was standing outside the mansion, next to a small white ghost, similar to the one that had attacked Luffy, Sora, and the gang on the ship. "Were you peeping in the bathroom again?"
"Growl....Hogback," Responded a voice from nowhere. "I was looking for a bride. The woman suits me perfectly! I'll make her mine!"
"And for that matter, she has a bounty on her head! You can't have her."
"This time there are six people with bounties on their heads by the Government. One has a bounty over 100 million. The captain is worth 300 million even. And Moria-sama seems pretty keen on capturing that kid with the key too for some reason..." Spoke the ghost in a high female voice.
"You said that pretty easily, Perona." Said Hogback. "If the government's giving out so much for them they can't be average pirates, eh? We're going to need to go all out to capture them. Absalom, looks like you'll be busy tonight...!"
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"NAMI! USOPP! CHOPPER!" Called out Luffy as he along with Sora, Zoro, Sanji, Franky, and Robin were inside of the Thriller Bark forest, trying to find their lost crewmates.
"Riku! Kairi! Are you here!?" Called out Sora, still hoping to find his friends on this world.
Suddenly, they heard a low, rustling noise. "Hey, did you guys hear that?" Asked Luffy.
"Yeah, I heard." Said Zoro, his hand on one of his swords. Suddenly, from all around them came out a bunch of the white ghost creatures from before, along with several heartless.
"Negative, Negative..." The Ghosts where chanting.
"Ack! It's those ghosts from before!" Said Luffy.
"And Heartless too!" Said Sora. "It looks like this really is the place where they're coming from!"
"Hehe, looks like things are getting interesting." Said Luffy. "GOMU GOMU NO GATLING!" He then stretched both of his arms and delivered a flurry of punches to some of the Heartless. Sora the joined in, slashing at a couple with his keyblade. He then tried to slash at the ghost, but his keyblade just passed through them. "Dang it, I forgot these guys were transparent..." Said Sora.
"No substance, huh? Let me try!" Said Franky. "FRESH FIRE!" From his mouth Franky blew a large blast of fire at some of the ghosts, but this too went right through them. "Darn it, isn't affected by those either!" Said Franky, as one suddenly went through him. "I can't get anything right these days...it's like I can't do anything good...I don't wanna live..." He said, getting on the ground in a depressed position.
"What are you acting so depressed for?" Asked Sanji.
"Gotcha!" Said Luffy as he tried to catch a ghost, but it just went right through him. "I'm such a klutz...I want to die..." Said Luffy, getting down on the ground in the same depressed position.
"Negative, Negative..." Chanted the ghosts again.
"Maybe, being touched by these ghosts..." Said Robin "Somehow makes you lose your spirit..."
"Or maybe their just being their idiotic selves." Said Zoro. "Hmph, what a disgrace! They don't train their mind daily and therefore have no control of their emotions. No wonder their falling for those ghost's stupid tricks..." Said Zoro. Suddenly, a ghost passed through his body. "I'm sorry I was ever born...." He said, getting in the same depressed position.
"It looks like you're right, Robin-chan." Said Sanji.
"And on top of that, they can't be hit physically either..." Said Sora. Suddenly, a saw a ghost charging at him. He tried to swing his keyblade at it, but it was futile, as the ghost went through his body. Suddenly, he felt like he had left Thriller Bark, everything that was happening seemed drowned out...
"Kairi!" Yelled Sora angrily. "Why you...I won't let you touch her!" With that, he ran towards the Being and prepared to slash down his Keyblade, however the instant he did, the Man vanished.
"Hey overe here." Sora heard the voice of the being from behind him. He turned around and saw the man, who was already halfway to Kairi now. "When did he get there?!" Thought Sora to himself. "Did he teleport? No, it didn't feel like that...what did he do?!"
"Ha." Chuckled the Being of Darkness emmber to himself. "You said you wouldn't let me touch this woman, and yet right now she's left at my mercy...and there's nothing you can do." He said as he continued to walk towards Kairi.
"No..get away from me...Sora!" Called out Kairi as she slowly backed away from the Being.
"KAIRI!" Yelled Sora as he lunged towards the shadowy man, and blindly swung his keyblade at him.
"I...I couldn't save Kairi!"
"I couldn't save any of my friends!"
"Will that be the last time I ever see them?"
"Are they all dead..."
Suddenly, Sora found himself back in Thriller Bark, alongside the members of the Strawhat crew. That feeling, that intense moment of sadness, as strong as it had came, had just as quickly ended.
"Grr...WHERE ARE THOSE GHOST FREAKS? LET ME AT'EM!" Said Franky, who along with Luffy and Zoro had also regained their regular selves.
"They left. It looks like those heartless where the only one's who posed a threat." Said Robin.
"But if they were our enemies, they'd be very formidable ones." Said Sanji. "And they were on the ship too, they're porbably keeping an eye on us...just who's the one pulling the strings here?"
Suddenly, they heard a low moaning noise.
"What's that?" Said Sora. "Don't tell me more enemies?"
Unfortunately, it was the case. Zombies came out from all directions.
"Hey," Said Luffy to one of them. "You're badly hurt. What happened?"
"Can't you see he's a zombie?!" Yelled Zoro.
"You...making fun of us all-powerful zombies...you'll pay!" Said one of the zombies as they charged at the group.
"Oh? Wanna fight?" Said Luffy, as he, along with everyone else went into fighting positions. Then, they all struck at once, Robin with her multiple arms, Sanji with his fierce kick, Zoro with his Swords, Franky with his iron fist, Luffy with his extended hand punch, and Sora with his keyblade. "600 MILLION BELI JACKPOT!" The combined blast sent every single zombie flying.
"Hmph, you'd think they'd be stronger..." Said Luffy as he repositioned his straw hat.
"Hey...you people! I saw that!" Called out a voice from behind. An old, beat-up looking man was standing there, dressed in tattered clothing was standing there, carrying a lantern.
"It's a badly wounded old man!" Said Luffy.
"IT'S JUST ANOTHER ZOMBIE!" Called out Zoro, Sanji, and Franky.
"No, I actually am a badly wounded old man..." The man replied. "Anyway, I've witnessed you people's strength, and I must ask you all to defeat a certain man. Many have had ill will fallen upon them by him. He is the one responsible for the stealing of people's shadows!"
"The guy takes people's shadows?" Said Luffy. "That means he's the guy who's took Brook's shadow!"
"And maybe the one who's behind the heartless..."
"Aye, he took mine as well." Said the old man. "He has frightening strength, but I feel you people can defeat him! His name is Moria!"
"Moria?" Said Robin. "Could you be referring to Gecko Moria?"
"Aye, the very same!" Said the old man.
"Huh, you know him Robin?" Said Luffy.
"Yes, only in name, but I know that name very well." Said Robin. "He is a man whose former bounty exceeds even your's Luffy. He's Gecko Moria of the Shichibukai!"
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Meanwhile, from inside a room on the island, a man was brooding. That is, if you wanted to call him a man. He was very large almost ten feet tall. He had a long neck and a devilish like face with two horns sticking out of his head and sharp ears. His lower body was fat with stubby legs, wearing a black shirt with matching black gloves with orange plaid pants.
"Kishishishi!" He chuckled, thinking to himself. "So the Straw Hat pirates have landed on my Thriller Bark! They do have some tough fighters, but they'll be no match for me and my zombie army!" He then thought a bit before adding. "Plus, with the power of the Heartless in addition to my own power and my control of the zombie army, I'm invincible! After I take care of these guys I'll move on to bigger waters and become the Pirate King! Kishishishi!"
Suddenly, there was a small noise, and another person appeared. He was standing in the shadows, so you couldn't see him. "Well," He spoke. "Are you enjoying your newfound power?"
"Oh, you again?" Said Moria. "Well, I can't say no to that. I love it! Having heartless in addition to zombies...I feel more powerful than ever!"
"So then, will you join us and become a Being of Darkness?" Asked the other person, still hidden in the shadow.
"Being of Darkness, huh?" Said Moria. "It does have a nice ring to it...But I want to conquer this world first! Let me become Pirate King, and then I'll join you."
"Very well." Said the hidden person. "As long as you take out the Key Bearer here, we'll let you take as long as you like to join us."
"That runt? No problem!" Said Moria. "I'll be sure to do that...um, what was your name again?"
The person then emerged from the shadows. Again, if you wanted to call him a person. Rather, he was a man who was all white except for a purple spot on his head. Behind his body, he had a tail.
"It's 'Freeza'." He responded.
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Egads! Freeza's here too! What do you think of that? Please review!
